Identify the current legislations‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety. Many accounts of child abuse and neglect can be avoided in many cases if all the agencies involved with children worked well together and were able to identify the signs that a child was at risk. Many children have their development affected through the actions of abuse‚ neglect or bullying‚ the majority of these events happen behind closed doors
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The main current legislation guidelines policies and procedures within own UK home nation for safeguarding children and young people. Children’s order 2005 • Simplify laws that protected children and young people in respective UK countries. • Seen as a serious shake up to children rights and protection • Made it clear to everyone that worked with children what their duties were • Shows them how to work together when there is allegations of child abuse Children’s act 2004 • In 2003 it was
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YOUNG PEOPLE’S HEALTH & SAFETY Check your knowledge 1. What does COSHH stand for? COSHH stands for control of substances hazardous to health 2. Name two other regulations that cover health and safety in children’s settings. Reporting of injuries‚ diseases and dangerous occurrences Regulation (RIDDOR) 1995 Food hygiene legislation 2006 – safe storage and preparation of food 3. List six routine daily checks you should make of the indoor and outdoor environments in your setting. indoor outdoor
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Purpose of a Health and Safety Policy A policy is a written statement‚ usually comprising of three elements: a statement section (often a single page) detailing how safety will be managed and that demonstrates the organisation’s commitment to health and safety an organisation section that details where responsibilities are allocated‚ organisation structure‚ and how employees fit into the overall safety management system an arrangements section that contains details of how specific activities
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Following the policies and procedures insures the well being of all individuals involved in the setting. They also provide clear instructions and guidelines on what must be done in a particular set of circumstances or with an issue. Policies and procedures allow a common understanding and agreement on how things should be done. In an event that a legal matter has arrived‚ if everyone has followed the policies and procedures the practitioners cannot get into as much trouble as they would if they
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The main current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation for safeguarding children and young people. Before a member of staff can start employment with the company there are processes they must go through. A successful application form is followed by a through interview. During the interview an application for a criminal records bureau (crb) check is made once it has been deemed that the applicant has completed the criteria for employment the crb application
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Unit: M3.23 Managing health and safety at work 1.1 Two pieces of legislation relating to health‚ safety and welfare at work‚ are: Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 This states that assessments (risk assessments) are made (responsibility of the employer) and put in place to identify all potential hazards/risks and highlight what actions and preventative measures are put in place to minimise the risk of harm to employees while in the place of work as well as all persons
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Part 1 (Lo1 –Lo2) To understand how principle of support are implemented in health and social care practice it starts from analysing equal opportunities ‚independence ‚ individuality respect ‚partnership and having a lot of respect for different cultures and value also providing care support and a lot of attention for individual for friends and family . Also understanding how the principle of support are implemented in health and social care involved a lot of confidentiality (policies about
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Outline Current Legislation‚ Guidelines‚ Policies and Procedures Within Own UK Nation Affecting Safeguarding of Children and Young People Unit 025 Outcome 1 1. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in settings for children and young people in England and Wales are the result of legislation passed in parliament‚ including: In England and Wales‚ The Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004/in Northern Ireland‚ Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 - These acts were brought
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National legislation and Local guidelines play a major role in how school policies and procedures are developed and which are relevant to safeguarding children and young people and how they affect the day to day work with children and young people School safeguarding policies and procedures are drawn up by schools and all schools must ensure that they adhere to them as these are legal obligations according to the law in the UK. School policies constitute a number of agreed statements and beliefs
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